Posted on behalf of STC President Hillary Hart.
I want to update you on the status of the projected launch of the My STC portion of STC’s website. The staff are finishing up the controlled testing now, and plan to open the site to community leaders (SIG managers, chapter presidents, and community webmasters) next week via a special URL. (Community leaders, you'll receive an email soon with details.) These leaders are being invited first into the site for a 48-hour period before the membership at large will have access. This will allow community leaders to set up admin rights in their communities as well as to test the site for functionality, ease of use, accuracy, etc. Chip Boyd, STC’s webmaster, will be available via a live virtual chat session when the site is first opened to community leaders so he can guide leaders through the first visit to the site and answer questions.
I hope many community leaders will take this opportunity to use the site and provide us with feedback. We’ll then consider the feedback and open the site to all a couple of days later. Improvements that can be incorporated quickly, will be; those that are more complicated or in-depth may have to wait for version 1.2. In any case, the entire staff of STC will be working hard during this phase so we can evaluate/incorporate feedback and open the doors to the public.
The staff, the Board, and I greatly value all your constructive comments. After all, we want My STC to become “your” STC—an STC you visit regularly.
Thanks Hillary. I’m looking forward to an authorized opportunity to check it out.
Thanks, Hillary, for this great news – and thanks to Chip, Steve, and everyone who has worked hard and overcome unforeseen technical problems to get us here.
Hillary;
At conference / leadership day … will there be some sort of introduction or overview for us? I had been planning (for a few years now) to use the “new” platform for my SIG website .. but .. things have changed so much since our original plans that I am not sure where things actually stand.
Dawnell,
We’re having another planning call for leadership day later this week, but while things haven’t been finalized yet, there has been some discussion about having some time devoted to the site. Chalk that one up to “pretty likely.”